If a person has a disability in the body, he must not have a disability in the mind. — Hawking

Recently, I saw a work on Netflix that won the world premiere of the Berlin International Film Festival, and was also the first work in history that won the Panorama Audience Choice Award and the CICAE Art Film Award, and later attracted Netflix to buy the copyright.

This is a story "Manga Girls Love Enlightenment", which tells the story "Even if you are disabled, as long as you have a strong heart" ......, if I hadn't read the description of the movie and watched it out of curiosity, I would have missed this good movie.

Plot synopsis:

"Dream Horse", who dreams of becoming a cartoonist, was born with cerebral palsy due to hypoxia for 37 seconds. Her parents divorced in her early years. She was a girl who had to rely on a wheelchair for many years. Only her mother took care of him. Although she was disabled, she was very talented in cartoons. And her painting skills are superb, but she was used by her good friends. Later, in order to make her debut, she began to draw adult comics. However, she brought her works to the adult comics publishing house to submit manuscripts, but because she had no experience in love and sex, she was rated as a work without soul by the editor. And suggested Mengma, try to understand life, and thus start a journey of exploration and desire.

"Cartoon Girls Love Enlightenment" is a very real drama, including the casting of the protagonist "Mengma" is also a real brain numb actor "Jia Shanming", the actor himself was born with cerebral palsy due to cerebral hypoxia The patient, it is said that Jia Shanming took the initiative to sign up for the casting. There was a scene where the actor "Jia Shanming" performed completely nude. Although it was only her mother helping Mengma take a bath, her limbs were shriveled due to paralysis, her body was slightly fat due to lack of exercise, and her difficult movements were such a real normal state, but it was so light that it was an understatement. People are shocked. However, after reading a lot of reports, most of them focus on numb girls exploring sexuality, which may be more sensational! However, when you watch the whole film, you will feel that it is not the theme at all, it is just a process.

Because of the pursuit of the road of cartoonists, the journey of self-awakening was inspired. From this film, it can be understood that they are human beings with lust and needs, but their bodies are broken, but their hearts are not broken. "Dream Horse" hopes to experience in order to draw adult cartoons. What is real sex, but can't get in, resulting in a series of fantastic encounters.

When Mengma awakens to find herself, her mother is still living in the past; when she finds that Mengma begins to change, she even locks her at home for fear of losing her unreasonable emotional blackmail. The trauma of the past makes her afraid of losing her. , the trauma and depression of single mothers in the past have turned into possessiveness towards their daughters, "Do you know that there are many bad people out there who will bully you when you are like this?", "What can you do without me?", "You know that I take care of you. How hard is it?” When these self-confessed distortions are unable to let go of themselves and their loved ones, “the relatives who care too much for the disabled will form a shackle that binds the soul instead.”

Meeting the elder sister who specializes in serving the disabled at Fengyue Place inspired Mengma to pursue her courageously, because he regarded Mengma as a normal person. With the help of a friend, he embarked on a journey to find his father alone, only to find out that he has a twin sister. Here, "Mengma is not complaining, but he is glad that he was born and suffered first, so that his sister can have a fulfilling life.

The movie "Cartoon Girls Love Enlightenment" was originally called "37 Seconds" in Japanese. The director is "HIKARI", a Japanese living in the United States. It is also his first feature film. Director "HIKARI" said: "37 seconds is a very short time. Some people have a completely different life because of this, but some people still wear tinted glasses to see the disabled. I want to discuss with you, for you, 37 seconds is the end of the time. how long?".

At first glance it might seem like a fantasy movie, but it can be said to be both a documentary and a fantasy road movie. It is the process of a girl with a strong heart who dares to pursue her dreams. "The disability is not scary, but the scary thing is that you don't have the courage to pursue." The director "HIKARI" was born in Osaka and came into contact with movies when he went to the United States to study after graduating high school. The graduation work "Tsuyako" expounding the feelings of women's love has been well received by all walks of life, and has won more than 50 awards.

In this "Cartoon Girls Love Enlightenment", director HIKARI has great ambitions in expressing the issues. From the beginning of the material, he has shown his interest in many social issues in Japan today. Young people's weak experience in interpersonal relationships has spawned peculiar professional phenomena, such as dating services, escort services, butler services, and even tear-off services, which made me think about what kind of background makes these services come into being." In addition, he said that he From the documentary, it turns out that "40% of Japanese adult comic writers are women, and many of them have no sexual experience. They rely on their imagination to draw comics, which I think is very powerful." In the end, HIKARI said that in order to expand the material for the complete plot structure, in karma Meet "Xiong Xiaoqingyan" at the meeting. "Xiong Xiao" is a cerebral anesthesia patient who has to rely on a wheelchair to get around. He is enthusiastic about the sexual power of the disabled for many years. He also founded the non-profit organization Noir to provide sexual information and assistance for the disabled.

The director described that once when Xiong Xiao went to the United States to visit a "sex therapist", he commissioned "HIKARI" to act as a translator. An American sex therapist said, "Women with lower body paralysis can achieve orgasm by stimulating other parts. Later I learned that people with lower body paralysis must schedule or use a catheter to urinate before going to the toilet, otherwise they may become incontinent. , but when they want to be mothers, they can give birth naturally.” It surprised me to hear this, and I also felt the greatness of life. The director HIKARI, who was inspired by returning to Japan, began to write stories with a woman with cerebral palsy paralyzed in the lower body as the protagonist, integrating Japanese customs services, adult comics, parent-child relationship and other materials.

The difficulties of the handicapped, the strange vision of outsiders, and the heart of the handicapped are all analyzed in the sun, from individuals to friends to society, and then from the inner self, we can never understand. In our eyes, the handicapped is the established impression that needs to be taken care of. become a label. However, as normal people, can we truly understand the real needs of people with disabilities? Maybe it's actually very simple, just treat him as an ordinary person who talks like an ordinary person, an equal existence.

This is a very meaningful movie to recommend to you.

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